Huge US Postal rates jump for SMALL publications

"For 63 years, we have brought invaluable news and information to our readers around the country. This rate hike threatens HUMAN EVENTS' future."

Editor Jed Babbin writes, "As closely as we watch Congress and the White House, the US Postal Service has hit us hard, with a huge and unexpected rate increase that --- wonder of wonders -- affects small publications such as HUMAN EVENTS but not big ones such as TIME magazine.
Just so you understand how large an increase we're talking about here, our per copy postal rate will shootup by 16.86%. Then, for kicks, the Board of Governors added a 'container fee,' which brings the total cost addition to 20.6&. It's a cost increase that only a liberal could love.'

It will cost him a whopping $120,000 extrar per year to deliver the weekly to its subscribers. The editor thinks this rate increase not only threatens the future of HE but any small publication risks going out of business.

"The clever executives from Time Warner and other big media companies are the ones who proposed the details of this new increase in the first place. Think of it as earmarks for them, taxes for us.

"Maybe they read the report on how conservative radio is unfairly popular, published by members of the Center for American Progress. Maybe they heard liberal New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton's heartwarming speech about fighting the 'Republican machine.' Maybe they were bored."

HUMAN EVENTS always has sniffed for corruption, a meat-and-potatoes kind of national newspaper based in Washington, long before 'spin and sin'. Donations to help HE defray the cos of the rate hike are being sought in a very genteel manner. Mom-and-pop shops bit the dust to make way for the big guys. The liberal media echo chamber seeks to silence dissent.

Above the editor's column is a cartoon that captures the latest political headline grabber.
It shows a seated Demo donkey crying its eyes out. Across the table sits Karl Rove.
The Dem cartoon balloon says "I can't believe you're leaving, Karl. I hate you soooooo much.
I wanna hate YOU!!" Rove's balloon overhead says "There, there. I'm sure you'll find plenty of other decent people to hate."